Window and screen attachment



- No. 814,468. PATBNTED MAR. 6, 1906.

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PATENTED MAR. 6, 1906.

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R. MOHR. WINDOW AND SCREEN ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 23, 1905.

BQSALIA llIOHR, OF SAl I FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

1'0 (tZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ROSALIA Mor n, a citizen of the United States,--residing in the city and State of 1 California, have invented new and useful Imand Screen Attach and county of San Francisco provements in Window ,1ents, of which the following is a specification.

'My invention relates toscreen attachments for slid able-sash windows.

It consists in a combination of parts and in details of construction, which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a partial vertical section'showing the with my attachment.

Fig. 2 is a section of the lower pocket with screen inclosed and lower rail of sash. Fig. 8 is an enlarged sec-' tion of screen-joint and window-sash.

4 is a perspective view of the lower screen pocket. Q

It is the object of my invention to Fig. and

provide vertically-slidablewindows with screen atbe readily engaged tachments which. may with or disengaged from and heads or Windows into the respective sashes pockets'above and below the which the screens are slidable and within which they are retained and con- I 'of metal or other 'material, the

.sashes, respectively,

:drawn therefrom.

cealed when not in use. Engaging and disengaging devices between the sashes and screens are provided, and means by which screens of greaterlongitudinal dimension than the pockets may be contained in such pockets.

A and B represent the upper and lower of a window. These sashes are slidable between the usual parting-strips and stops of the window-casing. In

, the head or upper part of this frame or casing This pocket with the inner edge of the top' is formed a channel or pocket 2; stands in line rail of the upper sash and is of sufficient size -to admit the screen and its frame 3, which are vertically slidable and may be. entirely 'oncealed within'the channel or may be with- The screens and their frames may be made frames being pi eferably made-thin, so as to occupy but little space.

In the top rail of the upper sash and close to its inner edge is made a small groove or channeLas at 4, in which the lower edge of the screen-frame may rest when the screen is withdrawn from its pocket, and thus when thesash is lowered the screen will follow it by Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 23, I905. Serial No. 275,393-

upper and lower parts of a window the inner edge may turned as shown.

' lower screen is fixed a 'wmoo'w AND SCREEN ATTACHMENT.

Patented Maren 6, 1906.

gravitation, and when raised the raising of the sash will also raise the screen.

When it is' desired to move the windowscreen, so that it may follow the sash in its movements, it is effected by means ofa lug or spur 6, which is fixed to the upper rail of the lower sash, and by pushing the lower sash upward this lug engages that part of the spring 5 which is in line with the lug, pushing it to one side suflicicntly to release the screen, the lower edge of which then rests upon the top of the closed upper sash and may be with drawn with it. Thelower sash-can afterward be again pulled down to any desired position, and the upper screen will remain in connection'with the upper sash until the latter is again pushed entirely up, when the screen will again be locked in place. i

In line beneath the lower sash B is another pocket or channel 7, in which the lower screen 8 is slidable. As the location of these pockets is such that it is not always easy to provide a sufficient depth for the full length of is closed into its pocket 7 the lower edge of Thus when the screen the'bo'ttom screen will first strike the bottom of the pocket. Then the upper portion of the screen will slide with reference thereto until the two are practically telescopcd together.

10 is the wind ow-sill, having its upper sur-' face sloping downwardly and outwardly, and

' be slightly raised or up- Upon the'top of the upper'portion 8 of the plate 1 1, having a similar inclination with the sill 10 and a lip adapted to overhang the upturned edge of the. sill, thus forming a perfectly tight cover for the pocket 7 when the screens are lowered into place, and there will be little possibility of any entrance of rain, dust,

or foreign matter.

In order, however, to provide for the escape of any moisture which'may possibly enter or condense within this pocket, .I have shown a discharge. pipe or passage 12 opening downwardly and outwardly from the bottom of with the bottom rail of the lower sash, I have in various ways.

' shown a loop or staple 13 fixed to the top of the plate 11, and in the lower rail of the sash is pivoted an interlocking hook 1 1, the lower end of whieh is adapted to engage the loop 13, and thus connect the two together. This hook is preferably so fulcrumed that it will operate by gravitation, and when the screens arewithin the pocket and the lower sash is closed upon them the hook will engage, so that when the lower sash is again raised it will draw the screens or any desired portion of them up out of the pocket, thus making a complete protective connection with the sash when it is opened.

The book or connection 14 may be attached In the present case I have shown it as pivoted with the top, and in order to disengage it from the screen when it is desired to open the window without withdrawing the screen I have shown' a lu or button 15, projecting inwardly from the 14, and this may be conveniently protected within a pocket, as at 16, fixed in a ocket in the lower sash -rail and substantial y flush with its inner face.

pockets made respectively above and below,

of screens slidable so as to be concealed within said pockets, means for retaining one-of the screens in its pocket, and means carried by one of the sashes for tripping the retaining means to release the retained screen.

(r a pocket 2. In a window, a casing havin in the u per part, a screen mounted in aframe and sli able in said'pocket, a channel upon the top rail of the upper sash in which the lower edge of the screen-frame restsso as to be normally moved in unison with the sash,

This pocket is sufliciently large to admit the finger, and when it is desired to dise14,4es

and a member upon the casing adapted to project into the pathof movement of the upper screen, for locking the screen within its pocket and holding it suspended independent of said upper sash.

3. In a window, the casing having ahead or pocket in the upper part, a screen slidable or channel in the top, a screen-frame slidable. within said pocket, said screen-frame resting normally u on and movable with the sash an elastic late adapted to engage and lock the screen within its pocket when the upper sash is closed, a lu or projection carried by the upper rail of the lower sash so as to engage said spring and release the screen when the lowersash is raised for the purpose.

5. In a window, the combination of a casing having pockets at top and bottom, screens slidably mounted within said ockets, means whereby the screens may be etachably carried by the sashes-to allow the screens to be moved with the sashes or the sashes to be moved independently of the screens, and a member on the casing adapted to automatically projectinto the range of action of the upper screen-frame and thereby support said screen-frame in its pocket independent of the upper sash.

6. In a window the combination with a casing having a sill with an upturned inner-edge said casing having, also, a channel or pocket made below the sill, of a screen-frame verti cally movable into and out of the pocket and having at itsu per end an inclined plate of greater width t an the frame and of sufficient width to cover and extend each side of the entrance to the pocket, one edge of said plate extending over the lip of the sill and turned downwardl ver said lip to inclose the latter,

and. said p ate having 1ts.opposite edge upturned and extended over the inclined portion of the plateand spaced therefrom to 1 form an engaging loop, a hook member on the lower sash adapted to slideover the-loop of said plate and to interlock therewith, and a push member carried by thehook member to effect the disengagementthereof with the loo In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROSALIA MOHR. Witnesses:

D. B. RrcnAnns, S. H. NOURSE. 

